Android Samsung Galaxy S4 with "pure" will only be sold in the U.S. - Tecmundo

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Samsung today announced a novelty that may disappoint many fans of the brand: the Galaxy S4 version with the “pure” Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, announced at I / O last week, is only available to buyers in the United States .

there, the gadget can be found directly from Google Play store, costing $ 649, unlocked and SIM Free. Sales are scheduled to start on July 26.

News drops like a bomb for developers, who walked no more thrilled with Google after Google Glass Explorer Edition was also available only to residents of the United States.

Some vehicles also highlight the price of the gadget: even if the $ 649 is not so scary, they are still quite far from the values ??of the Nexus line – which also features the pure Android. The Nexus 4 with 16 GB of internal memory (like the Galaxy S4) can be purchased for $ 349.

When you buy a smartphone with Android, it usually comes with customizations made by the manufacturers themselves. Android has respect, some functions and different native apps for each brand. The pure Android is that without any modification and reaches consumers as it was conceived by the Google team.

One of the major advantages of the pure system is receiving updates so faster, which matters a lot to the system developers and enthusiasts. So far, only the Nexus line had the unmodified version of Android. Now the Galaxy S4 enters the list, at least for residents of the United States.